Postcard – Io so Tu si

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An illustrated postcard that tells the story of the Marche through a word, an expression, a fragment of identity. A small linguistic landscape to send, collect or hang.

Io Sò, Tu Sì turns grammar into identity: the conjugation of the verb “to be” in the Macerata–Fermo–Camerino dialect tells a unique way of speaking, thinking and experiencing the world.

Maceratese present tense: it’s not “to be”. It’s “yes! We semo!”

Weight

0,020 kg

Dimensions

16,5 × 12,5 cm

Tipologia

Postcards

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Io Sò, Tu Sì

There are words that tell the story of a territory. And then there are the rules that hold all those words together. This postcard is born from WhatYouSay by MarcheLove, a research project exploring language and local identity: not the classic postcard landscape, but a landscape of words, made of sounds, grammar structures and ways of speaking passed down through time.

The graphic is dedicated to the conjugation of the verb “èsse” (to be) in the Macerata–Fermo–Camerino dialect area:

Io sò

Tu sì

Issu/essa adè

Noatri semo

Voatri sete

Issi adè

A linguistic form that carries centuries of history and preserves traces of Latin, like the word adè, derived from adest. A small detail that makes these dialects a living and surprising cultural heritage.

Product details

Illustrated postcard printed on 350 gsm matte coated paper.

Size: 16.5 × 12.5 cm.

High-quality print, perfect to send, collect or use as a small decorative artwork.